{"id":5014,"date":"2025-10-22T10:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:04:38","slug":"world-class-start-lists-revealed-for-ironman-world-championship-in-marbella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/world-class-start-lists-revealed-for-ironman-world-championship-in-marbella\/","title":{"rendered":"World-Class start lists revealed for IRONMAN World Championship in Marbella\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A deep and talented field of more than 130 female and male professional triathletes will line up in Marbella, Spain next month to contest for the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The women will race on Saturday 8 November and the men a day later, with a total professional prize purse of US $500,000 up for grabs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the conclusion of both professional races in Marbella, the 2025 Pro Series Champions will be crowned, with the female and male winners earning a spectacular bonus payout of US$200,000 each. A total bonus prize pool of US$1.7million will be shared among those finishing in the Pro Series top 50 in each gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reigning champion Taylor Knibb of the USA will line up in Marbella aiming to become the first athlete to win four World Championship titles on the bounce. She will face competition from the two time world champion Lucy Charles-Barclay of Great Britain.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks ago, both athletes would have been firm favourites for the title, and while their recent DNFs at the 2025 World Championship race in Kona due to heat stress may raise questions about their current condition, it also means they arrive in Marbella with renewed hunger and a fresh opportunity to showcase their championship pedigree.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kat Matthews of Great Britain finished runner-up to Knibb at both the 2023 and 2024 World Championship triathlons and enters this race in excellent form after finishing second at the World Championship triathlon in Kona earlier this month. As well as securing her first World Championship title, Matthews will be hoping to wrap up the year-long 2025 Pro Series, claiming the top spot in what would be back-to-back victories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting 827 points behind her in the series is the 2025 World Champion Solveig L\u00f8vseth of Norway. The duo are guaranteed\u00a0 the top two spots in the Pro Series and will battle it out for the title \u2013 though Matthews is firmly in the driving seat, needing a score higher than 2,600 points to guarantee her the title, while L\u00f8vseth needs to finish within 100 seconds of the winner in Marbella \u2013 and hope Matthews doesn’t improve her current score \u2013 to stand a chance of clinching the series.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow World Champion Laura Philipp of Germany also joins the star-studded start list in Marbella. Philipp has previously podiumed at the 2017 World Championship and has twice won the Marbella triathlons (2019, 2018). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other challengers set to line up in Marbella include 2024 World Championship top 10 finishers Paula Findlay of Canada – who was runner-up in 2022 – Ellie Salthouse of Australia, Caroline Pohle of Germany, and Australian Grace Thek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, British Olympic gold medallists Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jess Learmonth will make their World Championship triathlon debuts in Marbella.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the World Championship triathlon serving as the last opportunity to score points in the Pro Series, the top five and eight out of the top 10 women in the series standings will line up in Marbella. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austrian Lisa Perterer, third in the standings, sits more than 1,500 points ahead of American Jackie Hering in fourth, with Laura Jansen of Germany in fifth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autralian Regan Hollioake, Marta Sanchez \u2013 the lone Spanish professional athlete \u2013 and American Danielle Lewis complete the top 10 in the Pro Series hoping to improve their points score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defending men’s champion Jelle Geens of Belgium will line up for his second World Championship triathlon hoping to secure back-to-back titles. The Belgian will be joined by fellow World Champions Rico Bogen of Germany and the Norwegian duo of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent World Champion Casper Stornes of Norway will join his compatriots on the start line and will make his World Championship debut after a crash just days before last year’s race ruled him out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Norwegians have had a year to remember, sweeping the World Championship podium in Nice, France, and they currently occupy the top three positions in the Pro Series with all five scores registered \u2013 meaning they can only swap out their lowest score if they achieve improved points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blummenfelt currently sits atop the standings, just less than 1,000 points clear of Stornes, with Iden just less than 1,000 behind again in third. Blummenfelt and Stornes are the only two men that can win the Pro Series title.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also hoping to score valuable Pro Series points and improve on their position in the year-end standings are Kristian H\u00f8genhaug of Denmark, Australian Nick Thompson and American Rudy Von Berg \u2013 sitting, sixth, eight, and 10th respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the two athletes above him in the standings not racing in Marbella, H\u00f8genhaug has a very real chance to leapfrog into fourth \u2013 needing just 209 points to do so \u2013 and possibly as high as second if he scores 2,723 or more and Iden and Stornes don’t improve their scores. Similarly, Thompson and Von Berg could finish third if they individually score big in Marbella and their rivals falter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several athletes on the start list are no strangers to the podium at the World Championship triathlon. American Sam Long in 2021 and teammate Ben Kanute in 2022 and 2017 have both finished runner-up, while Von Berg in 2019, Danes Magnus Ditlev in 2022, and Daniel B\u00e6kkeg\u00e5rd in 2021 have finished third. The American and Danish athletes will be hoping that 2025 is the year they return to the podium \u2013 and maybe even snatch the crown.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, a cohort of short-course athletes will be hoping to make their mark on the middle distance at their debut including Greek Panagiotis Bitados, winner of the Venice-Jesolo triathlon; Vincent Luis of France, a three-time Olympian and 2024 Bahrain Champion; and 2024 Olympians Jonas Schomburg of Germany, South African Jamie Riddle, Briton Sam Dickinson, Australian Jake Birtwhistle, American Seth Rider, Italian Alessio Crociani, and Brazilian Miguel Hidalgo, among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the professional start lists (subject to change):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL FIELD  <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Bib Number <\/strong><\/td>First Name <\/strong><\/td>Last Name <\/strong><\/td>Country Represented <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Taylor<\/td>Knibb<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Kat<\/td>Matthews<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Lucy<\/td>Charles-Barclay<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Paula<\/td>Findlay<\/td>CAN<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Ellie<\/td>Salthouse<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Caroline<\/td>Pohle<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Grace <\/td>Thek<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Laura<\/td>Philipp<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Marta<\/td>Sanchez<\/td>ESP<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Solveig<\/td>L\u00f8vseth<\/td>NOR<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Georgia<\/td>Taylor-Brown<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Jackie<\/td>Hering<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Danielle<\/td>Lewis<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Laura<\/td>Jansen<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Regan<\/td>Hollioake<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Marjolaine<\/td>Pierr\u00e9<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>India<\/td>Lee<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Jess<\/td>Learmonth<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Lisa<\/td>Perterer<\/td>AUT<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Katrine Gr\u00e6sb\u00f8ll <\/td>Christensen<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Lizzie<\/td>Rayner<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Lydia<\/td>Russell<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Marlene<\/td>De Boer<\/td>NLD<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Cecilia<\/td>Perez<\/td>MEX<\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Bianca<\/td>Bogen<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Maja<\/td>Stage Nielsen<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Charlene<\/td>Clavel<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Anna<\/td>Bergsten<\/td>SWE<\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Nina<\/td>Derron<\/td>CHE<\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>Megan<\/td>McDonald<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Hanne<\/td>De Vet<\/td>BEL<\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>Rebecca<\/td>Anderbury<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Rachel<\/td>Brown<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Djenyfer<\/td>Arnold<\/td>BRA<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Romina<\/td>Palacio<\/td>ARG<\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>Sif <\/td>Madsen<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Milan<\/td>Agnew<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Macarena<\/td>Salazar Ezquerra <\/td>CHL<\/td><\/tr>
46<\/td>Nicole<\/td>Van Der Kaay<\/td>NZL<\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Jeanne<\/td>Collonge<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
49<\/td>Lisa<\/td>Becharas <\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
50<\/td>Sara<\/td>Svensk<\/td>SWE<\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Luisa<\/td>Iogna Prat <\/td>ITA<\/td><\/tr>
52<\/td>Lena<\/td>Mei\u00dfner<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Adele<\/td>Likin<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>Jess<\/td>Smith<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
57<\/td>Emilie<\/td>Morier<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
59<\/td>Solenne<\/td>Billouin<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
60<\/td>Kristen<\/td>Marchant<\/td>CAN<\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Laura<\/td>Addie<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
62<\/td>Freya<\/td>McKinley<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
63<\/td>Mariella<\/td>Sawyer<\/td>ZAF<\/td><\/tr>
65<\/td>Bridget<\/td>Theunissen<\/td>ZAF<\/td><\/tr>
66<\/td>Carolyn<\/td>Olsen<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>Caroline<\/td>Kaplan<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
68<\/td>Sandra<\/td>Huon<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
69<\/td>Michelle<\/td>Stratton<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
70<\/td>Francisca<\/td>Garrido<\/td>CHL<\/td><\/tr>
71<\/td>Tanja<\/td>Neubert<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
72<\/td>Hannah<\/td>Sakaluk<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL FIELD  <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Bib Number <\/strong><\/td>First Name <\/strong><\/td>Last Name <\/strong><\/td>Country Represented  <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Jelle<\/td>Geens<\/td>BEL<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Rico<\/td>Bogen<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Kristian<\/td>Blummenfelt <\/td>NOR<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Gustav<\/td>Iden<\/td>NOR<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Marc<\/td>Dubrick<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Panagiotis<\/td>Bitados<\/td>GRC<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Vincent<\/td>Luis<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Casper<\/td>Stornes<\/td>NOR<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Sam<\/td>Long<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Kristian<\/td>H\u00f8genhaug <\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Nick<\/td>Thompson<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Rudy<\/td>Von Berg<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Jonas<\/td>Schomburg<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Matt<\/td>Hanson<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Jamie<\/td>Riddle<\/td>ZAF<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Magnus<\/td>Ditlev<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Henrik<\/td>Goesch<\/td>FIN<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Kacper<\/td>Stepniak<\/td>POL<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Cameron<\/td>Main<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Jarrod<\/td>Osborne<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Trevor<\/td>Foley<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Sam<\/td>Dickinson<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Fabian<\/td>Kraft<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Jake<\/td>Birtwhistle<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Sam<\/td>Appleton<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Leonard<\/td>Arnold<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Jason<\/td>West<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Seth<\/td>Rider<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Colin<\/td>Szuch<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Jackson<\/td>Laundry<\/td>CAN<\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Lasse<\/td>Nygaard Priester<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>Kenji<\/td>Nener<\/td>JPN<\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Rostyslav<\/td>Pevtsov<\/td>UKE<\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>Andrew<\/td>Horsfall-Turner<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Ben<\/td>Kanute<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Nathan<\/td>Guerbeur<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Robert<\/td>Kallin<\/td>SWE<\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>Matthew<\/td>Collins<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Antony<\/td>Costes<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Gregor<\/td>Payet<\/td>LUX<\/td><\/tr>
46<\/td>Wilhelm<\/td>Hirsch<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Kevin<\/td>McDowell<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
48<\/td>Daniel<\/td>B\u00e6kkeg\u00e5rd <\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
49<\/td>Dylan<\/td>Magnien<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Simon<\/td>Viain<\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
52<\/td>Bart<\/td>Aernouts<\/td>BEL<\/td><\/tr>
53<\/td>Emil<\/td>Holm<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Valdemar <\/td>Solok<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
55<\/td>Matthew<\/td>Ralphs<\/td>ZAF<\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>Mathias <\/td>Lyngs\u00f8 Petersen<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
57<\/td>Michele<\/td>Bortolamedi <\/td>ITA<\/td><\/tr>
58<\/td>Alessio<\/td>Crociani<\/td>ITA<\/td><\/tr>
59<\/td>Miguel<\/td>Hidalgo<\/td>BRA<\/td><\/tr>
60<\/td>Max<\/td>Stapley<\/td>GBR<\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Mathis<\/td>Margirier <\/td>FRA<\/td><\/tr>
62<\/td>Tayler<\/td>Reid<\/td>NZL<\/td><\/tr>
63<\/td>Simon<\/td>Westermann<\/td>CHE<\/td><\/tr>
64<\/td>Louis<\/td>Woodgate<\/td>GRC<\/td><\/tr>
66<\/td>Sam<\/td>Osborne<\/td>NZL<\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>Andreas<\/td>Dreitz<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
68<\/td>Max<\/td>Neumann<\/td>AUS<\/td><\/tr>
69<\/td>Gabriel<\/td>Sand\u00f6r<\/td>SWE<\/td><\/tr>
70<\/td>Dieter<\/td>Comhair<\/td>BEL<\/td><\/tr>
71<\/td>John<\/td>Killeen<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
72<\/td>Martin<\/td>Demuth<\/td>AUT<\/td><\/tr>
73<\/td>Tom<\/td>Hug<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
74<\/td>Anders Toft<\/td>Nielsen<\/td>DNK<\/td><\/tr>
75<\/td>Martin Baeza <\/td>Munoz<\/td>CHL<\/td><\/tr>
76<\/td>Nick<\/td>Emde<\/td>DEU<\/td><\/tr>
77<\/td>Sebastian<\/td>Wernersen<\/td>NOR<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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